Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thine heart in the way.
My son, give me thine heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
Forsake the foolish, and live; And go in the way of understanding.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Ponder the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.